The Massachusetts numbers keep going up. At first we thought Worcester was a $44 million pilot. At a recent event a National Grid spokesperson said it was $44 to $48 million. And this does not account for the ‘early field trial’ where 5,000 ‘smart’ meters ahhem, donated by Itron the manufacturer were installed and tested with a price tag of about a half million dollars to be recouped separately than the 11-129 pilot.